I bought one for my girlfriend and she loves it. Its a fantastic small camera body and a good backup to my D700. The size and weight is good for girls and I would be suitable for families. I am debating whether to get her the 35.8 or the new 55-300 now.

Don't know what the actual size is but on the D90 it shows you in the view finder the number of shots the buffer can hold (at current settings) when you half press the shutter button. The number showing how many shots you can store on the memory card changes to a number with r in front of it (I assume the r is for something like "remaining" buffer space).

just wanted to know,when you guys gonna do the review of nikon 3100?i mean i want to buy a dslr camera.but i'm pretty much confused.i dont know which one to buy actually.shall i go for nikon 3100 or canon eos 550d?it will be greatful,if you guys can help me out with that please.thanks....

I will probably compare the D3100 against the 550D / T2i because the 500D / T1i and 1000D / XS are older models.

I agree the closest mode in price right now is the 500D / t1i, but a more useful comparison longer-term will be against Canon's 18 megapixel sensor, and the cheapest model with that right now is the 550D / t2i.